Jamie Cook, left, looks on as Shari Ulman lights the Advent Wreath during Hanging of the Greens Service at United Advent Christian Church in Wilmington, N.C. Sunday December 2, 2012
St. Jude’s Metropolitan Community Church was born 20 years ago out of one basic need: to find an accepting place to bury the dead from Wilmington’s gay and lesbian community. Amanda Greene of Wilmington Faith and Values reports how the church has grown and increased its focus on human rights issues.
Each Sunday a group of about 75-100 Burmese men, women and children – refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar - crowd into the wedding chapel at First Baptist Church during the Sunday school hour for worship in their native Karen language. Amanda Greene of Wilmington Faith and Values tells how this ministry has grown in the last year and changed lives both inside the church and in the Burmese community.